The Incredible Shrinking Health Care Reform

[Talking Stick]

Though I am trying to be patient and reserve judgment, this is not reassuring.  I am opposed to any criminalization of being poor and sick  which is inherent in any mandate.  (This is not liability insurance as is mandated automobile insurance.)  I am equally opposed to a bill that does not include a robust public option for the reasons and more described in Solomon's article.

There is no good purpose in continuing the rant about the anti-democratic modes and methods of the Obama White House in developing and informing the public.  Sadly the fascist methods of the Republicans in opposition make it look good.  But if both sides are not exposed and held accountable for their tactics they will just keep doing it. 

Bob Goodman wrote:

The Incredible Shrinking Health Care Reform

Wednesday 05 August 2009

by: Norman Solomon, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Like soap in a rainstorm, "health care reform" is wasting away.

    As this week began, a leading follower of conventional wisdom, journalist Cokie Roberts, told NPR listeners, "This is evolving legislation. And the administration is now talking about a glide path towards universal coverage, rather than immediate universal coverage."

    Notions of universal health care are fading in the power centers of politics - while more and more attention focuses on the care and feeding of the insurance industry.